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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6737,Lat: 49.3932
Elevation	284 meter above sea level
Local time	5:24:20am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzig-Wadern
Name	Beckingen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Merzig:Menningen	1.6 km	North
2 Beckingen	1.6 km	East
3 Rehlingen-Siersburg	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Rehlingen-Siersburg:Eimersdorf	2.2 km	SouthWest
5 Rehlingen-Siersburg:Fremersdorf	2.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	47 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	232 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	278 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 278 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Nonnweiler (1.5 km² at a distance of 33 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 6 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench German Luxembourgish tripoint with a straight distance of 23.8 km (direction WestNorthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 24%, hill: 76%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 43 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 37 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.8 km2

30.3%

Agriculture

43.5 km2

55.4%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.8%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saarfels in country Germany

Saarfels at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	21 km	SouthEast
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	40 km	North
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	46 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wolferskopf	DE	0.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Beckingen

Type of weather in Beckingen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam